Halsey says hotels only provide ‘white people shampoo’

Pop star Halsey is bringing attention to an issue she and many others face when staying at hotels.

The "Bad at Love" singer shared her frustration over the lack of shampoo options provided by hotel companies, saying they cater their hair products to only white people.

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"I've been traveling for years now and it's been so frustrating that the hotel toiletry industry entirely alienates people of color," Halsey wrote in a tweet. "I can't use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo. Neither can 50% of ur customers. Annoying."

That initial tweet by Halsey, whose father is African-American and mother is white, garnered a range of responses from her followers, prompting the singer to open up a larger discussion on the matter.

She refuted several people's arguments that hotel shampoos are generally just cheap and not tailored to a specific type of hair, and was forced to correct one tweeter who tried to say she's "one of the white people."

Halsey opened up about the problems with hotel shampoos in a series of tweets. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Halsey also quickly shot down another user who questioned the point she was trying to make.

"How can u have lived ur entire life without knowing that people of color and white people require different hair care products," Halsey tweeted.

Halsey, 23, pointed out that some people may not have the luxury of being able to pay for their own shampoos to bring to hotels like she is, before explaining the shampoo issue goes beyond hotel bathrooms.

"It's not just hotels," she tweeted. "I stayed in a psychiatric hospital as a teenager and they didn't have hair products for any patients who were POC. It's hard enough being in there as it is, but then ur gonna too feel ugly and dry n frizzy too? Nah. Anyways. Y'all still missing the point lol."

I’ve been traveling for years now and it’s been so frustrating that the hotel toiletry industry entirely alienates people of color. I can’t use this perfumed watered down white people shampoo. Neither can 50% of ur customers. Annoying.

Halsey, who hails from Clark, N.J., is currently in the middle of a world tour and is traveling regularly.

The singer — real name Ashley Frangipane — explained last year why she had questions about her identity during her youth.

"I look like a white girl, but I don't feel like one," she told Playboy magazine. "I'm a black woman. So it's been weird navigating that. When I was growing up, I didn't know if I was supposed to love TLC or Britney."